Campbell Narelle, Farthing Annie, Witt Susan, Anderson Jessie, Lenthall Sue, Moore Leigh, Rissel Chris
Flinders University, Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia.
Flinders University, Northern Territory, Alice Springs, Australia.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2021 Jan 14;10(1):e21832. doi: 10.2196/21832.
The successful recruitment and retention of health professionals to rural and remote areas of Australia is a health policy priority. Nursing or allied health professional students' learning placements in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia, most of which is considered remote, may influence rural or remote work location decisions.
The aim of this study is to determine where allied health professionals and nurses who have had a student placement in the NT of Australia end up practicing.
This research is an observational cohort study, with data collection occurring at baseline and then repeated annually over 10 years (ie, 2017-2018 to 2029). The baseline data collection includes a demographic profile of allied health and nursing students and their evaluations of their NT placements using a nationally consistent questionnaire (ie, the Student Satisfaction Survey). The Work Location Survey, which will be administered annually, will track work location and the influences on work location decisions.
This study will generate unique data on the remote and rural work locations of nursing and allied health professional students who had a placement in the NT of Australia. It will be able to determine what are the most important characteristics of those who take up remote and rural employment, even if outside of the NT, and to identify barriers to remote employment.
This study will add knowledge to the literature regarding rates of allied health and nursing professionals working in remote or rural settings following remote or rural learning placements. The results will be of interest to government and remote health workforce planners.
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) ACTRN12620000797976; https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12620000797976.aspx.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/21832.
成功招募并留住卫生专业人员到澳大利亚农村和偏远地区工作是一项卫生政策重点。澳大利亚北领地（NT）的护理或相关卫生专业学生实习地点大多被视为偏远地区，这可能会影响他们未来在农村或偏远地区工作地点的选择。
本研究旨在确定曾在澳大利亚北领地进行学生实习的相关卫生专业人员和护士最终的执业地点。
本研究为观察性队列研究，在基线时收集数据，随后在10年（即2017 - 2018年至2029年）内每年重复收集。基线数据收集包括相关卫生和护理专业学生的人口统计学资料，以及他们使用全国统一问卷（即学生满意度调查）对在北领地实习的评价。每年进行的工作地点调查将跟踪工作地点以及对工作地点决策的影响因素。
本研究将生成关于曾在澳大利亚北领地实习的护理和相关卫生专业学生在偏远和农村地区工作地点的独特数据。它将能够确定从事偏远和农村地区工作的人员（即使不在北领地）最重要的特征，并识别偏远地区就业的障碍。
本研究将为有关在偏远或农村地区实习后从事偏远或农村地区工作的相关卫生和护理专业人员比例的文献增添知识。研究结果将引起政府和偏远地区卫生人力规划者的兴趣。
澳大利亚新西兰临床试验注册中心（ANZCTR）ACTRN12620000797976；https://www.anzctr.org.au/ACTRN12620000797976.aspx。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：PRR1 - 10.2196/21832。
